Corporate-Giving Advice Available on New Site
Information about corporate social responsibility -- including philanthropy and employee volunteerism -- is available on a new Web site. The Global Business Responsibility Resource Center discusses topics related to corporate social responsibility -- organized into categories such as business…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Offered Help Posting Public-Service Ads
Two Seattle software companies are helping non-profit organizations put their public-service announcements on line, at no charge. One of the companies, Encoding.com, digitizes the charity’s videotaped announcement into a computer-formatted video file. The other company, Alive.com, then uses its…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
States Plan to Put Charity Data On Line
Two state attorneys general plan to post on their Internet sites data from the informational tax returns filed by charities in their states. * In California, the Office of the Attorney General plans to add to its Web site this fall the most recent available Form 990 for each non-profit group in the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Advertisements on Behalf of 9 Charities Are Honored With ‘Addy’ Awards
ALSO SEE:Charity Advertising Wins Honors ADVERTISING FOR THE ARTS, CAMPAIGN Winner: “Bebop Be Broke,” a campaign using posters and print ads to raise money to attract high-quality musicians to the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (Mo.), created for the festival by Muller + Company (Kansas City,…
Charity Advertising Wins Honors
Advertising Campaigns Conducted by 9 Charities Snare ‘Addy’ Awards A stark black-and-white newspaper and magazine campaign designed to draw attention to the growing problem ALSO SEE:Advertisements on Behalf of
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor
Aided by a Rise in Gifts, Non-Profit Theaters Had a Healthy Financial Run, Study Shows
A new survey has found that a majority of non-profit theaters broke even or came out ahead in 1998. Theaters saw an 11.6-per-cent rise in income last year, while expenses grew 9 per cent. The Theatre Communications Group, a New York organization that represents non-profit theaters, ALSO…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Grassroots Globalism, by Degrees
Novel training program links activist groups on 3 continents Since graduating in 1983 with an education degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Rosa Mendoza has had few opportunities for formal training in non-profit issues or management. Yet as a trainer and consultant working with…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Following are summaries of recent reports by the National Charities Information Bureau. That private organization reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The organization does not approve or disapprove of charities, and…
American Civil Liberties Union (New York): Appointed Janet Edwards Scott, senior director of major donors and director of individual giving at the American Red Cross (Arlington, Va.), to be national director of development. American Farmland Trust (Washington): Appointed Nancy Enzler, a development…
The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management: Arts. Americans for the Arts (Washington) recently presented its National Arts Awards to five honorees: Mrs. Vincent (Brooke) Astor, long-time arts patron, for arts…
Tax Court Rules Against 3 Family Funds
The U.S. Tax Court has ruled that three organizations, which were created with the help of a “promoter of tax-exempt entities,” have failed to qualify as charitable groups under federal law. In one case, Larry D. Bowen and his wife, Virginia Bowen, attended a seminar held by the promoter William J.…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
IRS Ruling on Crisis Relief Worries Company Funds
The Internal Revenue Service has sent a chill through corporate grant makers that help company workers cope with such emergencies as floods, fires, and severe illnesses. The I.R.S. ruled that an emergency-relief program run by a company foundation, which it did not identify, improperly gave the…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
‘Town & Country’: Nine Pet Projects
Nine women whose philanthropic interests run to sheltering cats, dogs, and grizzly bears are profiled in a cover story in Town & Country magazine (June). Among those singled out as “animal angels” are Elizabeth R. Cooke, president of the board of Bide-A-Wee Home Association, a New York-area…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
Contributor
‘The American Prospect’: Civic Disengagement
America’s civic and political associations are governed by a far more elite group of well-educated upper-middle-class leaders than was the case 30 years ago, and big foundations, pollsters, and lobbying groups play a much bigger role in shaping the civic agenda than in the past, says a Harvard…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
Contributor
Federation Offers Advice on Accounting Rules
How to Comply With the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Statement of Position SOP 98-2: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations and Their Consultants boils down the requirements of a Statement of Position that took effect for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998. That…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Report Analyzes Giving Among 4 Ethnic Groups
Cultures of Caring: Philanthropy in Diverse American Communities explores the ways in which American Indians, Asian Americans, blacks, and Hispanics have historically viewed charitable giving. Each of four chapters comments on the cultural backgrounds and traditions of those ethnic groups, and how…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor